Circuit Rejects Aliens' Appeal Claiming Bias in Prosecutions
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - In the past 15 years, 94 percent of the local federal public defender's clients prosecuted for illegal reentry...
County OKs $1 Million Payout to Six Claiming Foster-Care Abuse
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $1 million settlement to six children who had acc...
Recall Hearing
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge has set an Aug. 18 hearing on the ACLU of Southern California's request for a tempor...
Seeking Recompense for Deportations Long Ago
By Leslie Simmons
LOS ANGELES - A campaign to compensate hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants for their expulsion by California officials...
New Judge Sees Bench as Another Adventure in Life
By Jason Armstrong & Sean Windle
MURRIETA - Judge Roger A. Luebs is always up for a good adventure. Armed with a compass and backpack, Luebs scaled the jagged ...
Kamala Harris Campaign Cries Foul at Ethics Complaint
By John Roemer
SAN FRANCISCO - The Kamala Harris for District Attorney campaign dismissed as a dirty trick Tuesday an anonymous complaint to ...
After the Ax Fell
By Linda Rapattoni
SACRAMENTO - In January, Gov. Gray Davis shocked the state's judicial and legal community. Not only did he propose reducing th...
Opponents Fold as ABA OKs Rule Change
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Delegates to the American Bar Association put the organization's final stamp Tuesday on reforms intended to st...
Parent Returning KidnappedChild Can Be Charged
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - A parent who returns a child in compliance with an order under the Hague Convention still can be convicted unde...
Counsel Call Jurist 'Great Listener'
By Lawrence Kootnikoff
LOS ANGELES - Young Joe Hilberman was impressed mightily by the august presence of The Judge, shopping for tools, screws and ...
IPO Report Backs Reforms to Boost Confidence of Investors
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Focus Column Corporate Law By Thomas C. Klein Three hundred public companies, their insurers and investors recently agreed to...
Filling Money PIt Through
By Columnist
Forum Column By John C. Eastman After the Nevada Supreme Court, at Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn's request, directed the Nevada Leg...
Viacom Settles Suit Over User Rebates
By Xenia Kobylarz
SAN FRANCISCO - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. will pay $13 million to settle a three-year-old class action by 650,000 Northe...
Just 1 Lawyer Got High Court Sympathy
By Peter Blumberg
Reporter's Notebook By Peter Blumberg Mark E. Burton is a San Francisco plaintiffs injury lawyer who specializes in product l...
Special Master Named for San Francisco 'Pitchess' Review
By Dennis Opatrny
SAN FRANCISCO - Joshua Weinstein, a staff attorney for the state Judicial Council, was appointed Monday as a special master t...
Ex-Judge Liable for Old Legal Error
By Donna Domino
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court has upheld a legal malpractice suit against former Sonoma County Judge Patricia Gray for...
Mervyn's Disability Trial Opens
By Karen Coleman
SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers fighting to make department stores more accessible for disabled customers have shifted tactics, invok...
Former Detroit Mayor Takes Helm of Bar
By Don De Benedictis
SAN FRANCISCO - Taking office as the American Bar Association's first minority president Monday afternoon, former Detroit May...
ABA Answers Justice's Call to Work Toward Sentencing Reforms
By Don De Benedictis
Reporter's Notebook By Don J. DeBenedictis Reacting quickly to a call by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy that t...
Fantasize This: Weight of 15,478 Names Collapses Ballot Stands
By Garry Abrams
Column By Garry Abrams You're the governor of California! That's the gist of a nightmare I've been having the last few days. ...
Lawsuit Fights for Access To Guantanamo Prisoners
By Pamela Mac Lean
SAN FRANCISCO - Legal protection for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay may come down to a quibble over whether that small patch...
Land-Use
By Susan Mc Rae
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for the Elsinore Christian Center hailed as a major victory Monday Los Angeles federal Judge Stephen V. ...
Landlords Win Right to Use Ellis Act for Some Evictions
By Hudson Sangree
SACRAMENTO - A divided California Supreme Court ruled Monday that landlords who truly intend to remove a property from the re...
ABA Approves Changes to Corporate Ethics
By Joel Rosenblatt
SAN FRANCISCO - Delegates to the American Bar Association voted narrowly Monday to amend the organization's model ethics rules...
Watershed Issues
By Dennis Pfaff
SAN FRANCISCO - In an extraordinary irony, the fallout from the near-collapse of California's electricity system a few years ...
Cultural Barriers Can't Stop Lawyer in American Samoa Case
By Stefanie Knapp
By Stefanie Knapp Dean Hansell didn't have the home-court advantage when he embarked on his first trial in American Samoa in ...
Morale Boost
By Liz Valsamis
A lot has happened in the three years since Bob Gunderson made his historic splash in the large law firm market. Everyone know...
Early Selection and Hiring Can Save Money and Time
By Contributing Writer
Adviser Column Expert Witness By Michael R. Brown You've found the perfect expert for a complex malpractice trial. Now, how d...
Pennie Plans to Open San Diego Outpost
By Liz Valsamis
New York's Pennie & Edmonds will open its San Diego office in early September with the help of an implanted partner and a ...
Fixer-Upper
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BY MICHAEL M. BERGER The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency thought that it had some good ideas to revitalize downtow...